West Midlands

Plans have been abandoned to put a £131m “glass ceiling” on the South Bank Centre, London’s largest arts complex. The decision was made after the Arts Council refused the project…

Groupe Flo plans to add up to 10 London restaurants to its chain over the next three years. The French restaurant group already has nine London outlets after its acquisition…

The brother of the world’s richest man attended the High Court toobserve the legal proceedings over a disputed property deal. Prince Jefri of Brunei is accused of reneging on two…

Burford Holdings has sold three leasehold office buildings for acombined total of £43.9m in cash, representing an average yield of 7%.

Rugby Estates has exchanged contacts to buy a portfolio of longleasehold properties in Mayfair and Belgravia from the Duke ofWestminster’s Grosvenor Estate Holdings.

The School’s Bill is to be amended to ensure school playing fields are preserved and not sold off for property development.

Benchmark Group has begun construction on sites in St James’s and Pimlico. The building on the site formerly known as Wool House, Carlton Gardens – now renamed Number 5 -…

John Prescott ordered an audit team from the Environment Department to investigate the property deal which has embroiled the deputy prime minister in political embarrassment.

Applications by Merseyside and South Yorkshire for hundreds ofmillions of pounds of extra regional aid from the European Union (EU)will be enhanced by figures showing a drop in relative wealth.

The Fosters menswear chain has gone into administration. Many of the175 stores are expected to close. The company had closed 40 shops in the past year.